Lindsey v. Louisiana

Oct 11, 1983
No. 82-6973; No. 82-6979; No. 83-5077; No. 83-5124; No. 83-5146; No. 83-5366
Versions:464 U.S. 908
104 S. Ct. 263

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. La.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. Mo.;

Sup. Ct. Wyo.;

Sup. Ct. N. C.; and

Sup. Ct. La. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-6973, 428 So. 2d 420; No. 82-6979, 648 S. W. 2d 96; No. 83-5077, 649 S. W. 2d 417; No. 83-5124, 664 P. 2d 43; No. 83-5146, 308 N. C. 446, 302 S. E. 2d 740; No. 83-5366, 431 So. 2d 399.





Dissenting Opinion

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,

dissenting.

Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.